Jerry_Grey

Brittany was such a lucky girl at 18 years old, she had loving parents, and a cute best friend she was harbouring feelings for when something happened, she got acquainted with Lucas the son of her mother’s employer. Naive, they became friends and had unprotected sex and Brittany had to have an abortion since Lucas's father and family members threatened to harm her if she proceeded with the pregnancy. This left Lucas, who is now 30, to join the Marines after obtaining a law degree as well as running away from a dominating father. In the military, he suffers a traumatic event which leaves him with PTSD, then has to go back to his father’s business where he is pressured to marry and produce an heir.
 
Later on, Brittany starts working on the Interior design of Lucas’s family mansion and they again meet each other. Lucas does not remember being with Brittany, but he later still feels the suffering caused by his family to her. Brittany and Lucas have a fake marriage to have control of the family business, but at the same time, Lucas fights with his PTSD and Brittany is devastated by the loss of her mother and betrayal by her family. They have to unmask Lucas’s cunning stepmother and demanding father to regain the title they both deserve and rediscover the bond they lost long ago.

A Fragile Reunion

…Isn't it funny that despite my pent-up anger all the years, I could not let her go when I found her? The guys in my platoon could not fill the void she left.

The only indication that I did not imagine the call except the call log was the text she must have sent when my breath went even.

-Have a restful sleep, Lucas. Remember when the first time you spelt off on a call?

I remembered that it was my first day of college and the first time I realized that I liked her more than a friend.

At a young age, it was pretty evident that I was confident and had good public speaking skills. It was one day when a teacher said something that I don't even remember now to a kid, I stood up for the kid. Not because I wanted to but because no one was going to do it.

Family Ties: The complexity of Parental Relationships